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Fargesia nitida (Fountain bamboo)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Fargesia nitida is a clumping bamboo native to Szechwan, China. Medium to small and very cold hardy, but not tolerant of very high summer temperatures. This species bloomed in the years 2002-2005, so is not expected to bloom again for another 120 years. This bloom is causing problems for the endangered Giant Panda, which consumes bamboo exclusively.
View Wikipedia Record: Fargesia nitida

Attributes

Diameter [1]  0.5 inches (1.27 cm)
Height [1]  11.997 feet (3.6576 m)
Growth Form [1]  Bunch
Structure [2]  Bamboo
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mostly Shady

Predators

Nipponaclerda triumpha[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1American Bamboo Society Species List
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0